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Micrommata

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Micrommata
M. virescens, male, on a gravel road in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Micrommata
Latreille, 1804[1]
Type species
M. virescens
(Clerck, 1757)
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]

Micrommata is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[3]

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains six species and one subspecies, all with a palaearctic distribution except M. darlingi, endemic to South Africa:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Micrommata Latreille, 1804". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Jäger, P. (1999). "Sparassidae - the valid scientific name for the huntsman spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 17: 6.
  3. ^ Latreille, P. A. (1804). "Tableau methodique des Insectes". Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 24: 129–295.